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Hey everyone,
this is the discussion thread for everything related to the Gaming Challenge 2019! If you have questions, feel free to ask them here! This is also the best place to ask for recommendations.

FAQ

Q: How exactly do we get recommendations and by whom? How can I give someone else a recommendation?

A: The easiest way to get a game recommendation is by asking in the MVGL's Gaming Challenge 2019 discussion thread. You will probably see some other users there asking for a recommendation, so if you've got one for them, reply in the thread or write a comment on their profile.

Q: Can I restart a game from my "Currently Playing" section, set new time and then count them to the challenge?

A: No, only games you've started playing on January 1st 2019 or later count for the challenge.

Q: Can I count a game to the challenge which I started playing before I signed up for the challenge?

A: Sure, as long as you didn't start it prior to January 1st 2019, it counts!

Q: What if I played the demo of a game I want to play for the challenge before 2019?

A: You of course can play this game for the challenge!

Q: Do re-releases also count for a 2019 release?

A: Yes, they do!

Q: Where do I find the information needed for challenges 39-41 and 44?

A: You can find them on the game's profile page.

Q: What if one of these stats drops down, i.e. from a 8.5 rating to 8.3 rating when I finished the game for the challenge?

A: To prevent confusion on that part, I'd suggest you make a quick note on your challenge list on what date you got the information, i.e. Pokémon Platinum Version (101 favorites as of December 30th 2018)

if a game was released in 1999 in japan, but then released in other countries in following years with no alterations aside from a localization, would it still count for 11. Play a game originally released in 1979, 1989 OR 1999? thank you!!!

@GuildOfGamers
I know nothing about xbox or playstation games, but I can recommend you something for PC. If you want to play for free, I must recommend you "Cry of Fear" or "Doki Doki Literature Club!" or (but this one already costs) my personal best game of 2018: "Into the Breach".

@FalotForonke
I have a stupid question. :sweat_smile: Can the game from the Pokemon series count as a sports game? In this universe it is probably treated like a sport. :sweat_smile:

--"If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick." - Houtarou Oreki

Haha, Okey! Then, I will find something interesting in actual sports game. And one more question, because I am not sure how it is count in english grammar. Some words like "the", "and" or "of" are actual words and can be count for 50th challenge ?
I would like to play "Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box". :smiley:

--"If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick." - Houtarou Oreki

I have some games that I'd like to play for the challenges but am unable to request them since that thread has been closed off.

Any plans for a request limit per user?

It doesn't seem too fair that 1 user can flood the entire request thread with a couple dozen game requests that effectively causes further request submissions to be halted resulting in consternation among the rest of your user base.

--"Good! Now we can fight as warriors! Hand to hand! It is the basis of all combat! Only a fool trusts his life to a weapon!" - Gray Fox

i'm using ys i & ii chronicles for 14. Play a game featured in a collection, but just using ys i for that number. would i be able to use ys i & ii chronicles again for 47. Play a game where the last letter in the title is the same as the last of your MVGL username, or does that technically make it void, since i'll be playing ys ii and that game doesn't end in an s? OR AM I JUST OVERTHINKING THINGS??? (it's probably that one.) thank you again!

@FalotForonke
Wonderfully, thank you very much :grinning: I was able to buy the whole series of "Professor Layton" on NDS at a good price and I will use each of them to challenge!

@HyperDebtRay
I know, it is annoying. Some users requests hundred games to be added to database.... I couldn't even add game in December to my previous challenge. I can recommend putting games you are playing in excel file. Sooner or later they will open "Game Requests" again. :sweat_smile:

--"If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick." - Houtarou Oreki

@HyperDebtRay
The requests will open once the currently pending ones are added. We tried recruiting the user clogging up the requests to the team but with no luck. If the problem persists we will probably have to figure out some other solution.

On the other hand, if you think games are being added too slowly you're always welcome to apply for an administrator job on the team. We need all the help we can get. https://myvideogamelist.com/jobs

For #30, when you mean "travel the world" do you mean passively or actively?
Actively meaning manually selecting locations to travel to, or passively meaning that the story automatically takes you to another location?
World meaning planet Earth? :earth_americas:

--"Good! Now we can fight as warriors! Hand to hand! It is the basis of all combat! Only a fool trusts his life to a weapon!" - Gray Fox

@ HyperDebtRay
I'm the one who came up with that one and I was thinking stuff like SNES era JRPGs which let's you literally travel anywhere on the world maps, but at the bare minimum I'd expect something that actively lets you choose locations like Mario Odyssey. Stuff like Call of Duty which throws you around the world with no say whatsoever shouldn't count I think. So actively and any world.